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Tuesday, 29 July 2014

We just saw the first footage from Guillermo del Toro's next film, Crimson Peak. And based on that first glimpse, this movie could actually be his most lovely and disturbing film yet, thanks to insane imagery and loads of atmosphere.

Straight from Comic-Con, Legendary Films has announced that Godzilla 2 will be happening, and piling on the classic kaiju — including Godzilla's pals Mothra and Rodan, as well as his three-headed archenemy King Ghidorah! Can't. Wait.

Monday, 28 July 2014

We just had our first thundering look at Batman v. Superman, and it really did give the feeling of a confrontation between demigods. Plus we saw our first look at Wonder Woman's costume! And we saw the Trinity, Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, on stage together. So the Warner Bros.

Marvel has finally released the last two pieces in the 8-part Avengers: Age of Ultron megaposter. You can see its badassery for yourself — hit expand for an immense, wall-paper friendly version of the Avengers battling a massive horde of Ultron's robotic minions.

It hasn't started shooting yet, but the newest Marvel TV show did reveal a fair amount about what's in store for Agent Carter when they do. There are returning characters, new Marvel characters being added, and some villains from the USSR.

It's weird to see Paul Rudd looking all noble like that, but the suit is great. And the ant steed is perfect. This is Marvel's teaser poster for the long-awaited Ant-Man movie, released today at Comic-Con, and featured on Entertainment Weekly.

AMC has officially released the first poster for "The Walking Dead" Season 5 which you can check out below and fans will see at this week's San Diego Comic-Con! The panel for the series will take place�on Friday, July 25 at 12:20 pm Pacific Time in Hall H.

Friday, 18 July 2014

If it feels like Horns – adapted from Joe Hill’s excellent horror novel – has been lingering in the underworld for a while, that’s because it’s been waiting and waiting for a solid release date after playing festivals last year.

We're in love with Babs Tarr's new design for Batgirl, and so are many artists who have already taken to the Internet to celebrate Barbara Gordon's new look. Check out just a few of the Batgirl fan illustrations featuring her new costume.

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Welcome back SuperTed, the less than politically correct story of a Welsh teddy bear with cosmic powers. Known to children of the '80s as an improbable superhero, the animated and anthropomorphic toy is expected to return to the small screen in 2016 after an absence of 30 years.

Batgirl is getting a look, a new perspective and a new creative team. It's all good news — especially that fan-favorite illustrator Babs Tarr will making her mainstream comic debut — but none of it better than Barbara Gordon's brand new, utterly fantastic new uniform.

For a whole generation of video-game-playing kids, The Last Starfighter represents a special kind of wish-fulfillment: a down-on-his-luck kid becomes a video-game champ, only to find himself recruited to fight in an interplanetary war.

NASA had initially planned to name the first Space Shuttle Constitution. Now, declassified White House documents reveal what convinced President Gerald Ford to overrule that decision and thrill Star Trek fans by calling it Enterprise. Next Wednesday you will meet with Dr.

You don't have to be a devoted aficionado of low-budget '80s action-horror flicks to appreciate the equally low-budget 2014 action-horror flick Wolfcop. But it's going to help… as is the ability to recognize the awesomeness of drunk werewolves getting in shootouts.

July is bursting with science fiction and fantasy greatness. Including new books from Hannu Rajaniemi, Joe Abercrombie, Nick Harkaway and Charles Stross. Here are the 30 science fiction and fantasy books that absolutely everybody's going to be talking about this month.

Scream Factory have released details about their release of Clive Barker's much ballyhooed Nightbreed: Director's cut (often referred to as the "Cabal Cut"). Our Fantastic Fest correspondent, rochefort, reviewed the cut last year and seemed to think it restored Barker's vision.

The Wikipedia Library Project was started by an active Wikipedia, Jake Orlowitz, who wanted to solve a big problem — although those who edit Wikipedia always strive to use the best sources in their citations, they don’t always have access to those sources.

“I went to Graceland once,” Nick Cave said. “The rest of the band went in, but I stayed out on the curb, smoking cigarettes and feeling sorry for myself. Those last Elvis performances — the ones for television, when he was already sick — I must have watched those clips a hundred times.

If you love books as a physical object, just imagine burying your nose between the pages of these beauties, massive atlases, photobooks, and tributes to the written word. It is 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) tall and 6 ft 3 in (1.9 m) wide when open.

Those moody, moping vampires that have been all the rage in recent years would be left as little more than ugly red, spattery smears if they ever encountered just one of the bloodsuckers that populate “The Strain.” The new FX series (premiering Sunday at 10 p.m.

We know Guillermo del Toro today as a wildly imaginative filmmaker, whose films blend a sense of the fantastic with a deep streak of the macabre, all while inspiring wonder with their unique, spectacular visuals.

Sunday, 6 July 2014

It was clear with the launch of the Surface Pro 3 that Microsoft had someone in its sights: Apple. The MacBook Air and the iPad took the full broadside as Microsoft unveiled the Surface Pro 3, the device that it thinks can replace both, offering a full desktop OS in a format that's highly portable.

Ten winters after the Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, with mankind all but wiped out by the ALZ-113 virus, Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his fellow apes live peacefully in the forest, content they are now alone.

Saturday, 5 July 2014

Remember Nightbreed,the totally insane Clive Barker monster movie centered around a pack of wonderfully gruesome monsters living under a cemetery? Oh, and the bad guy was played by David Cronenberg! Well, Barker and friends want to turn Nightbreed the movie into a TV series. Excellent.

Five years ago, in the midst of the rancorous parallel importation debate the Productivity Commission undertook a thorough examination of book prices in Australia compared to comparable prices in the US and the UK.

Today we eagerly embrace new technology for fear of being left behind. A toddler with an iPad in hand is a welcome sign of a child learning to succeed in a digital world. Remainders of the pre-digital age, including libraries, are adjusting to new expectations about how we source information.

The Pew Research Center’s studies about libraries and where they fit in the lives of their communities and patrons have uncovered some surprising facts about what Americans think of libraries and the way they use them.

Twenty-two new fantasies bring the magic back to the world in July, including an army of new series starts as well as series additions from Django Wexler (Shadow Campaigns), Anthony Ryan (Raven’s Shadow), Gillian Philip (Rebel Angels), Adrian Tchaikovsky (Shadows of the Apt), Steven Erikson (Tale

According to the cover for the upcoming August issue of Esquire Magazine there will be a new story by King included. I first thought it would be called Nobody but that part is probably part of the Cameron Diaz headline. More news as soon as I have them...

We're just a few months away from the return of "The Walking Dead" and last time we saw our heroes, they were in a rather compact situation. Speaking with EW, series creator and executive producer Robert Kirkman assures us that we'll be getting answers in the very first episode of the fifth season.

We finally know when we’ll get to see Zero Theorem! Terry Gilliam’s latest film was formerly slated for this August but then vanished after debuting a trailer last summer. Now it appears that the U.S. will get to see the film in limited release starting September 19th.

A little over two months ago, fans got their first look at the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII when Walt Disney Pictures shared a black and white still of the actors coming together to read though the script.

The second half of 2014 is upon us! (Already? Where did this first half of the year go? Seriously, I want some of that time back.) Which means it’s time for my semi-regular post about which books* I’m looking forward to seeing in the latter part of the year. *By persons who aren’t blokes.

Wednesday, 2 July 2014

Frank Derrick is here! The novel is available in real life bookshops and online ones too. There will be tons of copies in branches of WATERSTONES and in Ireland you can get it from EASONS. There are also 3 thousand copies available in bookshops in AUSTRALIA.

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Marcus Ferguson has three passions in his life: books, knowledge and organisation. He is committed to the ideals of gathering, managing and disseminating information for the pursuit of lifelong learning; to make information as easily accessible as possible while adhering to all relevant privacy and security concerns. Marcus is bringing his passions and career together in studying to attain a Master degree in Information Management.

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